This time of year in California, the farmers markets are overflowing with every imaginable kind of produce. It’s best to keep me away because my acquisitive nature takes over and I want to buy everything - everything. This also happens in art museums, but while I cannot afford to buy art, I [...]
Posted by: Will on July 13th, 2007 © Filed under: Condiments, Preserves | No Comments »
Making jam at home used to be commonplace, but the practice is in quick decline. Most people have forgotten the skills of their grandparent’s generation, and have gotten used to buying everything rather than making it themselves. I think this is mainly due to the convenience factor. It used to be that people made things [...]
Posted by: Will on July 1st, 2007 © Filed under: Preserves | No Comments »
When my brother, Will, and I were still small, my mother and father rigged up a grain mill attached to a bicycle so that they could grind fresh wholegrain flour on demand. That level of dedication may have blossomed in Northern California in the 1970s and died out there in the same decade, but [...]
Posted by: Will on July 1st, 2007 © Filed under: Condiments, Preserves | No Comments »
